It has been used such words to describe the work and life of modern white-collar status: “When he was young with life Huanqian, take money for their old age life.” Indeed, many white-collar workers for tomorrow to Work hard but the time has unknowingly put on a “sub-healthy” label. Work pressure, not the law of life, eat less hyperactivity, these unhealthy lifestyles are so obviously white-collar workers feel their own bodies “Riboxishan.” Sub-health can not become a fashion “fashion.”
    Of course, with economic strength and improve the culture of modern white-collar workers are also gradually emerging from the “gambling with the health of youth and tomorrow,” the working methods, learned while in busy to care for themselves more. Fitness has become increasingly popular in white-collar workers in the fashion trend. Every day after work, white-collar workers who have to gym, “Huihanruyu”, yoga, Pilates and other popular sports, they become a troubleshooting work pressure, and promote the health of an effective way.
    Exercise the ultimate goal is to good health, but want a healthy physique, movement alone is not enough, it will be supplemented with a healthy diet. For example, the choice of food to cereal-based foods and vegetables, fish, supplemented by multiple choice of steamed, boiled, and other cooking methods produced by the light dishes and eat fried, fried, the greasy fried foods. However, these seemingly simple way of healthy eating, the white-collar workers are busy, but a bit difficult to achieve. Or they deal in many social activities in the communication, or to Bento, working dinners fill their stomachs, so, unconsciously on the intake of a lot of greasy food, not only made the fitness effect wasted, and will even cause an even greater body Hazard.
    Since, in white-collar workers who “eat” can not always guarantee health reasonable, then, in peacetime often drink the beverage, we should pay more attention, as far as possible to avoid chemical additives, high-sugar “trap.” This is because these drinks not only their own ingredients into the body burden, but also the body getting worse, greasy food increase the health effects.
    In fact, the choice of drinks, modern white-collar workers who can to the ancient royalty and nobles to take learn from. They may just drink tea, but more often to Suanmei Tang as day-to-day health drinks. To now the scientific perspective, this choice is indeed very scientific reason. Because, although the flavor of Suanmei Tang acid, but it is alkaline drinks, meat and other food to eat more acidic, the excessive intake of fat, leading to acidification of blood. Suanmei Tang will help the body drank blood pH balance. Moreover, Suanmei Tang also rich in the form of flower, the plant chemicals can help the body effectively ranked fat, detoxification, to oil. Old Beijing as well as Suanmei Tang applied and a thick layer of the culture and a vegetarian option, such as Beijing, Kowloon old and famous brands, drink will also add to the authentic taste of old Beijing Experience.
    Now, bottled Suanmei Tang remains to Wumei, hawthorn, Bingtang, mineral water and other natural materials from Aozhi, easily portable and simple, white-collar workers who not only can work, socialize at any time to drink, but also the movement of the time with bottles Suanmei Tang, both Add water and nutrition, detoxification to fat so that the fitness of the more obvious effects.

Although people often will be the freshest, most wholesome food into the supermarket trolley, but a lot of people cooking,What we really need to simply throw away the nutrient. To this end, the United States nutritionist and food safety experts, listed a smart housewife in cooking will often committed eight errors, listen to their suggestions on the table you will become more healthy food.

Error 1:

A procurement over vegetables. New York, San Ji Sike North Geli Bu Hospital Health consultant Dr Brewster said: “From the moment when picking the fruit and vegetables in vitamins and minerals began to decrease.” In other words, Procurement of vegetables you come back, the longer storage time, they contained the less nutrition. Study found that in refrigerator save approximately one week, half of the spinach in folic acid and 40 percent of the lutein will be natural wastage. Geliboshi each proposed purchase of food not too much, three times a week to buy the most appropriate.

Error 2:

Food storage in a transparent container. If you drink milk or milk with a transparent plastic bag, I suggest you consider packing into cartons of milk. Ghent University, Belgium researchers pointed out that the milk rich in riboflavin exposed to sunlight vulnerable to losses. The U.S. Food scientists suggested that, as far as possible to avoid milk and cereals in transparent containers, can be retained nutrition.

Error 3:

Kuaichao garlic. American Association for Cancer Research Nutrition Research team leader, said: “Paisui the garlic, sliced, placed at least 10 minutes before cooking. Paisui garlic will trigger the chemical reactions of an enzyme, released A can of anti-cancer compounds; place 10 minutes to cooking, is that such compounds have enough time to fully formed. ”

Error 4:

Use less spices. An increase in non-edible oil and salt in some circumstances the use of seasoning and spices, seasonings can not only play a role, but also protect people from food poisoning victims. Researchers at the University of Hong Kong on 20 kinds of sauces made by the common antibacterial (including Escherichia coli, salmonella and staphylococcus, etc.) found that the clove, cinnamon has a strong antibacterial capacity. Published in the United States, “Agriculture and Food Chemistry magazine” on the results of another study, rosemary, thyme, nutmeg and lauryl leaves also rich in antioxidants. Banchi more each cooking spices, are safe and healthy.

Error 5:

More fruit to peel several layers of skin. Published in the United States, “Journal of Nutrition,” the study found that the majority of the fruit skin antioxidant activity than the flesh of the fruit to be higher than the 2-27 times. Nutritionist suggested that the potatoes and carrots Guadiao a layer of skin simply enough. If some peeling fruits and vegetables must be imported, as far as possible, remove the thin layer of skin can be.

Error 6:

The vitamins and minerals slowly stewing out. Most people believe that cooking is a simple cooking method, not refueling, without loss of nutrition. But in reality, this cooking method can lead to up to 90% of the loss of nutrients. American Association for Cancer Research nutrition consultant, said, “and soluble vitamin K, such as mixing with the water will overflow.” Adding a small amount of water Dunzhu, slow cooking with a microwave oven or stir-fried, can reduce the loss of nutrients. Stir-fried is applicable to dark green or orange vegetables.

Error 7:

Some of the food do not wash wash. Eat the plums or strawberries, we will be the first cleansing. However, Chi Xiangjiao, mango orange, or the time, very few people put them into the water rinse. Cleaning peeling eat the food sounds somewhat strange, but remain in the surface of the food may be contaminated with harmful bacteria to the hands and cut fruit, fruit or even penetrated internal. Hand peeling fruit or warm water before washing hands with soap at least 20 seconds, which can effectively prevent the spread of bacteria.

Error 8:

With improper food, nutrition halved. Many people feel every day Mojingdacai weak when they think of the body iron. Iron supplements should pay attention to different food with the scientific, eating beans and green leafy food at the same time to eat some of vitamin C rich foods such as chili, potatoes, strawberries, etc., which will increase iron absorption rate. On the contrary, a meal tea or coffee, up to 60 percent can inhibit the body’s absorption of iron. Not completely finished meal, it’s best not to drink tea and coffee.




Hand-foot-mouth disease, HFMD -Intestinal virus is caused by a variety of common infectious diseases, mainly to infant morbidity. Most patients with minor symptoms, fever and hand, foot, mouth and other parts of rash or herpes as the main features. A small number of patients could be complicated by aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, respiratory infections and myocarditis, individual children with severe disease progress faster, high incidence of death. Children and adults infected more than non-onset, but can spread the virus. Hand, Foot and mouth disease caused the intestinal virus, including enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Group A Coxsackie virus (CoxA), Egypt may virus (Echo) of certain serotypes. EV71 infection caused a larger proportion of severe cases. Intestinal virus infectious strong, easy to cause an outbreak or epidemic. As a guide around to the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Control and Prevention, the enactment of this guide.
A purpose

(A) guidance of medical institutions, disease prevention and control institutions in the gastro-intestinal virus epidemic reporting and monitoring;

(B) guidance for disease prevention and control institutions epidemiological investigations and laboratory testing;

(C) guiding disease prevention and control institutions, medical institutions in epidemic prevention and public emergency.

Second, the etiology

Hand, Foot and mouth disease caused mainly by small RNA virus, an intestinal virus the Coxsackie virus (Coxasckie virus) A group of 16,4,5,7,9,10, B group 2,5,13; Egypt The virus can (ECHO viruses) and enterovirus 71 (EV71), which Cox Al6 to EV71 and the most common type.

Intestinal virus suitable for wet, hot environment survival and spread of the ether, bile salt to chlorine and other non-sensitive, 75 percent alcohol and 5 percent to the Soviet Union nor can their inactivated, but sensitive to ultraviolet light and dry. Various oxidants (potassium permanganate, bleaching powder, etc.), formaldehyde, iodine can be inactivated virus. Virus in 50 �� can be rapidly inactivated, but the price of 1 mol cation environment can increase the virus’s resistance to heat inactivation, the virus can survive 4 �� in one year, at -20 �� can be stored for a long time, the virus can be outside environment Long-term survival.

Third, epidemiology

(A) Prevalence

Hand, Foot and mouth disease is a global infectious diseases, most of the world epidemic of the disease are reported. 1957 New Zealand reported for the first time the disease. 1958 isolated from the Coxsackie virus, in 1959 named by hand, foot and mouth disease. Early detection of hand, foot and mouth disease pathogens mainly Cox A16 type, 1969 EV71 was first recognized in the United States. Since then EV71 infection and infection alternating Cox A16, hand, foot and mouth disease into the main pathogens.

The mid-1970s, Bulgaria, Hungary successive outbreaks to the central nervous system as the main clinical features of EV71 epidemic, 1975 Bulgaria reported cases 750 cases, of which 149 were caused by paralysis, 44 people were killed. 1994 Britain in a Cox A16 caused by the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreaks, mostly in infants and young children 1-4 years old, most patients in less serious symptoms. Britain since 1963, the epidemiological data show that hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic interval for 2-3 years. In the late 1990s, EV71 epidemic began in East Asia. 1997 Malaysia has mainly caused by the EV71 of hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic, 4-August total of 2,628 people incidence 4-June there were 29 patients died.

China’s Shanghai in 1981 first reported the disease, since then, Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Fujian, Jilin, Shandong, Hubei, Guangdong and Qinghai provinces, and other 10 have reported the disease. 1983 in Tianjin, Cox A16 arising from the Hand, Foot and mouth disease outbreaks, 5-October, has more than 7,000 cases. After two years after sporadic low-level, the 1986 outbreak again. 1995 from the Wuhan Institute of hand, foot and mouth virus isolated from patients EV71, 1998 in Shenzhen City, health and epidemic prevention station from hand, foot and mouth disease in samples isolated from the EV71.

In 1998, China’s Taiwan region EV71 infection caused by hand, foot and mouth disease and herpangina pandemic, monitoring post at a total of 129,106 cases of reported cases. That there were 405 cases of severe patients, 78 patients died, mostly children under 5 years of age. Severe cases of complications including encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, pulmonary edema, or pulmonary hemorrhage, and acute myocarditis Ruantan.

Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic no obvious regional. May be the year the incidence, summer and autumn Most of the incidence of a rare winter. During the epidemic, in kindergartens and nurseries collective infection and pathogenesis of the family gathered. Strong infectious intestinal virus, the proportion of hidden infection, transmission complex, spread faster, in a short period of time can cause large-scale pandemic, epidemic control and difficult.

(B) The source of infection and transmission

Is the only host intestinal virus, and patients with hidden infection caught the disease-based source of infection. Gastro-intestinal virus mainly by the fecal - I and / or respiratory droplets spread by contact with a patient can skin and mucous membrane of Paozhen infection. It can be spread by water or food is not clear. A few days prior to the onset of infected feces and throat virus can be detected, usually infectious disease within a week after the strongest.

Faeces of patients, of herpes and respiratory secretions and contaminated hands, towel, handkerchief, dental Cup, toys, utensils, milk equipment, bedding, underwear and medical apparatus, and so can cause the disease spread.

Susceptibility

People generally susceptible to intestinal virus, the dominant and recessive infection after infection are given specific immunity, the duration is not clear. Various types of the virus without cross-immunity. Each age group are infected with disease, but ≤ 3-year-old age group the highest incidence rate.

4, case definition

(1) clinical diagnosis of cases

Acute onset, fever, the Department of hands or feet in Ban Qiuzhen and herpes, hip or knee can also be a rash. Rash around the Yan Xing Hongyun, blister fluid less casual in the oral mucosa in the herpes, pain obvious. Some children may be accompanied by cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and headache and other symptoms.

Severe cases: 1. A hand, foot and mouth disease in patients with clinical manifestations, accompanied by myoclonic, encephalitis or acute flaccid paralysis, heart failure, pulmonary edema, and so on. 2. Hand, Foot and mouth disease epidemic in infants and young children is no typical example of Hand, Foot and mouth disease, but with myoclonic fever, encephalitis or acute flaccid paralysis, heart failure, pulmonary edema, etc.

(B) laboratory diagnosis Case

Clinical diagnosis of patients with one of the following conditions, namely, laboratory diagnosis Case

1. Virus isolation

Since the throat swab or throat lotion, feces or anal swabs, cerebrospinal fluid or herpes fluid, and brain, lung, spleen, lymph nodes and other tissues isolated from the intestinal virus.

2. Serological test

In patients with specific IgM antibody positive, or acute and convalescent serum IgG antibodies are more than four times the increase.

3. DNA testing

Since the serum of patients, cerebrospinal fluid, throat swab or throat lotion, feces or anal swabs, cerebrospinal fluid or liquid herpes and brain, lung, spleen, lymph nodes and other tissues and other samples to detect pathogenic nucleic acid

5, the epidemic reporting

(A) Since May 2nd, 2008, hand, foot and mouth disease into Group C disease management. Various medical institutions at all levels should, in accordance with the “People’s Republic of China Diseases Prevention Law” and “infectious disease information reporting regulations,” the relevant provisions of the above cases with the definition of hand, foot and mouth disease cases reported.

(B) the contents of the report and methods

Found that patients with hand, foot and mouth, to the “People’s Republic of China statutory infectious disease report cards” in “other statutory management and focus on monitoring infectious diseases,” a column reporting the disease. Direct Network implementation of the medical institutions should be reported within 24 hours straight on the network. Not implemented network straight to the medical institutions should be sent within 24 hours of a report card of infectious diseases. Case report, “clinical case” and “laboratory diagnosis of cases of” categories. As for the laboratory diagnosis of cases, the report card should be in the “Remarks” column intestinal virus indicate the specific type, such as severe cases should be in the “Remarks” annotated “severe.”

(C) in some areas or collective units or epidemic outbreaks occurred, in accordance with a “sudden public health incidents Emergency Regulations”, “National contingency plans for sudden public health incidents,” a “sudden public health incidents and epidemic disease monitoring information management report “And relevant regulations, timely information to public health emergencies of the report.

(4) report information analysis and feedback

Disease prevention and control institutions at all levels to report information on the epidemic level by level examination. 22,400 county-level disease prevention and control agencies should visit the daily monitoring and analysis of data and found that abnormal increase or a clustering of cases of deaths or there should be timely and verified at the same level health administrative departments and higher-level disease prevention and control agencies reported. Disease prevention and control institutions at all levels should be timely to lower levels of disease control agencies and medical institutions outbreak of feedback information.

6, epidemiological investigation

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease report found that the number of cases increased significantly, the distribution of the cases were gathered, a larger proportion of severe cases or in cases of death, should be organized epidemiological investigation. The main purpose of investigation: first, collecting relevant specimens for laboratory testing, clear pathogenic type identification and the second is to collect clinical data to understand the different types of intestinal virus pathogenicity, virulence, clinical disease caused by Types and treatment; three to clarify this pop / outbreak of the mode of transmission of infection and the risk factors in order to develop targeted prevention and control measures is the evaluation of four different control strategies and measures of effectiveness. Epidemiological surveys and questionnaires programme should be based on different objectives of the survey conducted specially designed.

7, laboratory tests

(A) hand-foot-mouth disease in the season, the provincial CDC to organize the cases of Hand, Foot and mouth disease laboratory surveillance. Prevalence of the disease in the province for at least a week collecting samples of 5-10 patients for testing. Specimen collection and preservation of samples submitted technical requirements and single-see Annex 1 and Annex 2. Detection of specimens see Annex 3. For severe cases, should be conducted on all cases of severe specimen collection and laboratory testing. For the outbreak of the cases should be collected specimens pathogen detection. Without the ability to test samples sent to the region could be conditional CDC lab for testing. Attention should be paid to collect specimens of the cases related information, fill out the questionnaire cases see Annex 4.

(B) the report of test results and feedback

The provinces every Friday will be the province has completed laboratory testing of cases and cases of survey results list (Annex 5) to upload the electronic version of the Chinese CDC for Disease Control and the Office of Emergency Treatment and by the polio virus disease lab. Chinese CDC reported throughout the meta-analysis of the results, feedback to the provincial CDC.

8, prevention and control measures

Hand, Foot and mouth disease transmission, infants and children generally susceptible. Children do individuals, families and nurseries in the health prevention is the key with this disease.

(A) personal preventive measures

1. It before meals, go out after hand washing with soap or liquid, such as children wash their hands and not to allow children to drink raw water, eat cold food, avoid contact with sick children;

2. Caregivers contact with children, young children for the replacement of diapers, after handling faecal have to wash their hands, and properly handle the dirt;

3. Infant use of baby bottles, pacifiers should make full use of before and after cleaning;

4. Prevalence of the disease during the period it is not appropriate to bring the crowd of children, the poor circulation of air in public places, pay attention to maintaining household sanitation, ventilation should always room, ground drying clothing;

5. Child-related symptoms appear to timely medical institutions to visit. Home treatment of children, not to contact with other children, parents must be promptly carried out on children’s clothing drying or disinfected, the faeces of patients with timely disinfection; mild in children with no hospital, to home treatment, rest, to reduce cross-infection.

(B) nurseries in primary and collective units, such as the prevention and control measures

1. This disease epidemic season, classrooms and dormitories, and other places to maintain good ventilation;

2. Daily on toys, appliances, personal hygiene, food items such as cleaning and disinfection;

3. For cleaning or disinfection work (especially cleaning toilets), the staff should wear gloves. After the cleaning work should immediately wash their hands;

4. Daily on the door handles, stair railings, desktop, and other objects to clean the surface disinfection;

5. Guiding children’s education to develop the habit of washing hands correctly;

6. Daily Chen Jian, found that children with suspicious, it is necessary to take timely delivery of the children attending, home to rest; children with the use of the items to immediately disinfected;

7. More children, we must promptly to the health and education sectors report. When the epidemic under control need to education and health departments may decide to nurseries in primary or vacation measures.

(C) medical institutions of prevention and control measures

1. Epidemic, the hospitals should be implemented at pre-screening consultation, and the production’s office (Taiwan) Jiezhen patients suspected of hand, foot and mouth, fever rash guide to children with special Clinic (Taiwan) treatment, waiting and treatment areas should be increased clean Disinfection frequency, indoor cleaning methods should be used wet cleaning;

2. Medical staff at clinics, nursing every patient, should be careful to wash his hands or sterilization;

3. Clinics, nursing care to patients in the course of a one-time non-use of equipment, materials to wipe disinfection;

4. The same wards should not be treated other non-intestinal infection in children. Children with severe isolation should be a separate treatment;

5. Hospitalized children used on the beds and tables and chairs and other facilities and items must be disinfected before use;

6. Children with respiratory secretions and feces and contaminated goods to be disinfected;

7. Medical institutions found that patients with hand, foot and mouth more or gastro-intestinal infection-related deaths, it is necessary to immediately to the local health administrative departments and disease control agencies reported.

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6. It is said that MM were not to holiday in the 12:00 time for that stuff, otherwise……
7. Legend 14:00 MM heard there was a knock on the door sound Kai Lemen, of the results to see a pair of gloves, she put a close on curiosity, but after Beelzebub into the killings, MM strange things are picking back home, not to possession Things to the people who do not know, remember ~ ~ ~ This is very important, but rather Xiemen ~ ~ ~
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10. If MM is at Citie please read replies, I do not like to curse people who did not curse the quality of the paste is not a standard, I just hope that we can verify, and wish you happiness and longevity!




First, the Food and detoxification method:

In 5-7 days, give your body to a Clean-up, self-cleaning up toxic.

Get up after drinking a cup warm lemonade

Do not get up immediately after eating brush their teeth or wash your face busy, then you need most is an increase in fresh lemon slices (if not fresh, dry lemon-chip can also) the temperature of water, it can promote the cycle of kidney And to stimulate the metabolism of the day began. If you are taking daily vitamin pills or fish oil habit, this can also be Fuxia to help the next breakfast in the absorption of nutrients up to ensure that the day of nutrition and normal functioning of the body.

Useful detoxification of the basic food

1 liver detoxification is an important organ, the liver must be slowed down the movement overload. The need to control wheat, meat, dairy products, salt and sugar, food additives, preservatives, saturated fat, alcohol and fried food intake. Rice mainly to food, clean gastroenteritis and will not be able to increase the burden of digestion, it contains the starch of the liver-is also a panacea.

2 enjoy vegetables and fruits, high detoxification of the foods are: kiwifruit, citrus, grapes, pineapple, cucumber, spinach, cabbage, water Tian Qin. Do not worry all the vegetables are Weiku point, because they contain purification material.

TIPS: The use of food detoxification in the first two days may be feeling not so good, but not tensions, the body at this time is entering a “rehabilitation crisis”, when the liver is working to remove toxins, will lead to headache, fatigue .

Second, sports detoxification method:

The favorite sport is too lazy to cook or do not have the hands of the fasting people, this is the most suitable method.

1, walk 30 minutes a day at least, do gentle ease of movement, such as jogging, playing Taijiquan.

2, abdominal breathing exercises: lying down, with nostrils suction, and then breath, abdominal airflow through, and then slowly from the nose breath.

3, to help wash sauna sweat, from 10 to 15 minutes after-the cold water bath to stimulate blood circulation.

4, the movement at the same time, always add water, can also drink green tea, but by no means Nenghe carbonated drinks. On the market sports drinks, in the detoxification of days it is better not to drink.

Third, beauty detoxification method:

The skin is an important way of detoxifying the body, and when toxins accumulate excessive body, the skin will be the first alarm. Colour bleak, dry matt, Doudou frequently, greasy serious - these are physical signs of intoxication.

Body dry brush massage

A day when using a bath towel gourd tendons gloves to dry skin massage, detoxifying the body known as the promotion of genuine prescription. Massage accelerate blood circulation and lymph flow, so that the body of toxic waste washed away easily. Can usually be ring-shaped massage practices, bottom-up imposed on the whole body massage, and massage attention to the direction of the end for the physical heart of direction.

4. Paozao detoxification:

Paozao help the skin is definitely a good way of detoxification, can be accumulated in the subcutaneous tissue acid waste washed out, will remain in the body of carbon dioxide and poor metabolism of the material out, so that healthy skin becomes flexible. Oil and natural Yuyan Paozao detoxification is the first choice in the tub to join Yuyan and rosemary, lemon and tea tree oil, will play a good detoxification effect.

5, simple detoxification method:

If you busy work, and rest time of instability, you can use the easy way easily detoxification.

1, lateral every morning to drink a cup of the warm water and lemon, this action is conducive to water through the liver to remove the body of toxins deposited overnight.

2, eat an apple a day, it was the natural antidote, it can contain pectin for us from the dirty air sucked into the metal waste from the body.

3, a week tied 1-2 with detoxification function of the mask, skin perspiration through the process, and promote lymphatic and blood circulation, which will emit toxins.




Review the following “Questions To Ask” about women’s general health so you’re prepared to discuss this important health issue with your health care professional.

1. Do you specialize in (whatever disease you’re having treated)?

2. What are the risks and benefits of the treatment you suggest?

3. What sort of screening do you recommend for me?

4. What can I do to stay healthy?

5. Is it OK to start exercising at middle age or is it too late?

6. I take multiple medications from my different health care professionals and I’m having trouble keeping track of them. What do you recommend?

7. When should I have a mammogram?

8. What are my risk factors for getting cancer?

9. How often should I come for a checkup?

10. What can I do to prevent osteoporosis?

Take steps to reduce your risk of disease and talk to your health care professional about your health concerns. Women now demand more from medical research and from the health care system. As a result, more women have become partners in their medical care, working with their health care professionals to make medical decisions. Here are several tips that you can follow to be an active partner in managing your health.

  • Be an informed consumer. Read as much as you can about health and wellness strategies and about any specific health conditions you may have. Ask your health care professional to recommend sources you can trust. Be sure to review any recommendations you read about with your health care team. Health-related Web sites, such as http://www.healthywomen.org produced by the National Women’s Health Resource Center, and other Web sites produced by major health organizations are good places to start. Look for .org, .gov and .edu Web addresses to help gauge their reliability and accuracy.
  • Know your family medical history, and learn about other factors that may put you at higher risk for disease.
  • Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Exercising, developing and maintaining a healthy diet, not smoking and managing stress can help keep you healthy.
  • Always ask your health care professional for a full explanation of any pharmaceutical or other treatments she/he prescribes, including the side effects that you may experience.
  • Schedule regular medical checkups and screenings to monitor your current health and identify potential problems early.
  • Seek a second medical opinion if you feel you need more information. This may be especially important if you ever face surgery or treatment for a chronic or life-threatening illness. Your health insurer may also require a second opinion.
  • Be aware of disease symptoms. Know when to seek medical care and where to turn if you develop symptoms.

Medical Treatments

Learn the Benefits and Risks
The terms “benefits” and “risks” are tossed around quite a bit. What do they really mean when referring to your health? A benefit is something that can increase your well-being. A risk is something that could potentially cause harm, which you should be aware of. When someone suggests you are “at risk” for developing a particular disease, it means that you have a greater chance of developing the condition than someone else without the same risk. But it does not mean that you will absolutely develop the condition. In many cases, you can do a great deal to minimize your risks.

When we are healthy, making a decision about medical care seems straightforward. Your goal should be to get as much information as possible, learn and understand the benefits and risks of certain medications, procedures, or medical options and make a decision with the guidance of your health care professional that best meets your needs.

When diagnosed with a chronic or serious medical condition, suddenly the balance shifts — we are in a new, unfamiliar territory, yet we are expected to weigh the benefits and risks of treatments and to make the same types of decisions regarding our medical care. But often, when we are ill or confronted with a diagnosis, we are overwhelmed. Decision-making may seem impossible. Physical and emotional stress can stop us in our tracks.

There are several steps you can take to become a partner in the health care decision-making process with your medical team — in sickness and in health — that can help make your experience a positive one. These steps can help you assess the benefits and risks of the medicines and other treatments that are recommended for your condition, so that you are comfortable with having made the best decision for you.

1. Modern medicine continues to evolve. Medical researchers are continually asking new questions and studying new theories about all types of diseases. This means that we do not have all the answers we need to treat many illnesses. Making medical decisions involves reviewing the most current knowledge available and making the best choice based on this information. Your health care professional should have the most up-to-date medical information, and you should feel comfortable asking her or him about the latest treatments for your condition.

2. Take time to assess how risk-sensitive you are. How much risk are you comfortable with? Do you consider yourself a risk-taker in some situations? Are you willing to accept some risks associated with a particular treatment, but not other types of risk? These kinds of questions can help you decide how much risk you’re willing to accept when discussing certain medical treatment options. Your comfort level with risks and benefits associated with your medical care is critical to your decision-making process.

3. Ask a lot of questions. Because your health history is unique, you’/ll want to know how a certain medication will benefit you specifically. Likewise, your health care professional can provide more specific information about how medication or treatment options may affect you. All medication can cause side effects; be sure to ask specifically about side effects associated with any medication prescribed for you. Likewise, share any personal information your health care professional should know when considering treatment, such as what other medications you may be taking or health conditions you may have.

4. Make an effort to go behind the headlines. A recent study of the mass media reported that nearly one in four news stories about health research and older women omits crucial information. Discuss any research news you have questions about with your health care professional.

Maximize the Benefits of Drug Treatments
For almost any given medical condition, there are many pharmaceutical treatment options. The tips that follow can help you communicate with your health care professional so that she or he will be able to prescribe the treatment that best suits your medical needs:

  • Share information about all medications you are currently taking (including prescriptions drugs and over-the-counter remedies as well as herbal supplements). Medications can interact with each other to cause uncomfortable or harmful side effects or may reduce effectiveness of one or more of the medications you take.
  • Tell your health care professional if you are pregnant, or planning to be pregnant in the near future. Some medications pose special risks for pregnant women. There are also things you can do before you become pregnant to ensure the health of your baby such as consuming adequate amounts of folic acid, or folate, a B vitamin that can be found in some enriched foods and vitamin pills and has been shown to prevent serious defects in the fetal brain and spine. The U.S. Public Health Service recommends that all women who could possibly become pregnant get 400 micrograms (or 0.4 mg) of folic acid every day.
  • Be sure you know or ask about the benefits of the medication she or he is prescribing.
  • Ask about any of the common side effects associated with the medication being prescribed, as well as any potentially serious side effects.
  • Ask your health care professional or pharmacist if there is a time during the day that you should take the medication to maximize benefits and minimize possible side effects (for example, should you always take it with meals, or before bed?).
  • Sometimes starting a new medication can be worrisome. Be sure to voice all of your concerns to your health care professional so that she or he can identify other information about the medication that may lessen your doubts.

Once your health care professional has, with your input, decided on a pharmaceutical treatment that is right for you, there are several tips that you can follow to get the most from your medication:

  • Always take a medication as prescribed — the dosage (daily amount and frequency) of a medication has been proven to provide the safest and most effective therapy. This information is indicated on the label.
  • Follow any special instructions, such as “take with full glass of water.”
  • Take the medication for as long as your pharmacist has indicated, even if you no longer notice any symptoms.
  • Never take someone else’s medication, even if your symptoms seem to be identical.
  • Contact your health care professional if the common side effects that you are experiencing are causing you any discomfort or disrupting your life.
  • Contact your health care professional immediately if you experience any serious side effects. Severe pain, heart palpitations, breathing difficulty or abnormal bleeding are examples of serious side effects.




hen it comes to zits and finding the acne cure it can be quite a difficult task. Everyone claims their product to be the one, but are they? The acne cure is the product that works for you, and what works for you might not work for someone else.

So how do you determine the acne cure that right for you? Well, I wish I could tell you it very simple: just buy product A or product B. But the truth is you are going to have to experiment and try different products until you find the one that works for you.

I could fill you full of bull and tell you Neutrogena is the one or Proactive is the one. For some that would be true, for others however it would not.

When trying a new product, try to buy the smallest quantity available. Many acne products offer a trial size, which is perfect! If no trial size is available, then you�ll have to buy the next smallest size you can find.

Remember price has no bearing on what works. For some the cheapest acne products do the job; for others it the most expensive. Trial and error is the only way you�ll find out.

There are some general things you can do that help almost all sufferers to some degree.

Increase the amount of water you drink daily. It should be at least ten 8-ounce glasses. Water helps flush your system and that includes your skin, which then can better move impurities and toxins out of the body.
Increase the amount of fresh fruit and vegetables you eat.
Exercise. Exercise helps boost the immune system, which can then better fight your acne outbreaks.
Take a zinc supplement. Zinc has shown great results for many acne sufferers. If you want more information on zinc visit us at the acne cure center or do a quick search and you�ll find other sites providing valuable information. Reduce stress. Stress can trigger an outbreak, so try to keep your stress under control. I know this can be easier said than done, but there are many relaxation techniques available. Give one a try.
Contrary to the old wives tails floating around, acne is not caused by sugar or greasy foods. Although they don directly cause acne, they are overall not healthy for the body and can reduce the body ability to build a strong immune system, so you should consume in moderation. But cutting them out of your diet won make your acne magically disappear.

Many acne outbreaks are a result of hormonal imbalances. That why acne is so prone in teens. There are hormonal treatments available that you can talk to your doctor about.

There are also many other treatments available from your doctor or dermatologist. This is certainly a route worth exploring if you suffer from severe acne.

But for the occasional outbreak you can find the acne cure that works for you over the counter. So why not start now?




Makeup does have an expiry date! It might not be written on the packaging, but there will come a time when your cosmetics won’t be as vibrant, smooth or nice to wear as they used to be. Not only is it a good sign that you’re possibly in the wrong season, it’s also important if you want to be looking your best! Keep your makeup rotated every 6 months or so.

Make sure you’re wearing the right cosmetics for your skin tone

The tragic flaw many people make when buying cosmetics is not matching them to their skin tone. This makes it almost impossible when trying to find the right foundation and concealer, but it also affects the lipstick and eye shadow you should be wearing. There are ways to determine skin tone, and you should base your cosmetics selections around the right tone:

Ruddy skin tone is associated with burning easily, but also with becoming easily flushed or pink-cheeked.

Yellow skin tones respond poorly to yellowish foundation and concealer and make the skin look more flawed than it did before.

Yellow-olive skin tone is easily identified because it’s mainly found in people who tan easily and don’t burn often. So if you come in from the beach a shade other than bright red, yellow-olive is you!

Olive skin tones are slightly gray or ashen, do not burn easily and have greenish undertones.

Neutral skin tone has no obvious yellow, olive or ruddy tones, nor any features of these skin tones.

Cosmetics counter assistants will be able to assist you in determining your skin tone, and also offer you the best options for cosmetics and colors. Similarly, you will find great tips just by looking through fashion magazines: ruddy skin responds well to earthy colors such as browns, greens, corals and reds; medium yellow and ruddy skin tones go well with both light and dark browns; darker olive skin looks great in more vibrant shades of ruby and cherry; and dark skin tones love more natural, soft pinks, corals and browns.

Wearing the ‘wrong’ cosmetics for your skin tone can result in you looking washed out, accentuating blemishes and otherwise causing flawed skin.

Learn to apply your cosmetics properly

Make sure you don’t look like a . . . well, clown . . . after you put your makeup on in the morning. Most of us learn how to put on our faces from our friends in junior high or our mothers, and that’s all well and good until we have to go to an important business meeting and we realize we actually don’t know how to apply eyeliner!

Many makeup artists will actually visit you in your own home or as part of a cosmetics party and teach you how to do it properly, or you can visit a cosmetics counter and have them take you through the process. There’s more to a great look than just throwing your makeup on, but there are simple and easy tricks that will have you looking gorgeous in no time!

Foundation: Don’t forget to blend foundation into your neck, or you’ll end up with an unsightly line around your jaw; apply concealer after foundation!

Eye shadow: Apply your base color from the inside out, then define your eyes with a darker shade in the crease of your eyelid; for extra definition, use a light shadow on your brow bone.

Eye liner: Steady your hand by resting on a flat surface, and always apply from the inside to the outside of your eye; extending the liner beyond the end of your eyelids will give a great exotic look!

Mascara: Two layers is best; apply the first layer downwards from the roots, then again upwards from the midway point of the lashes; apply a finer layer to the bottom lashes so you don’t look like a panda, then leave for a couple of minutes and repeat.

Lipstick: The way you apply your lipstick depends on the shape of your mouth, but make sure your lip liner (if you use one) matches the color of your lipstick; use a base or primer, apply color with a lip brush and remember to blot; finish off with an application of lip gloss for perfectly luscious lips.

Accentuate your best features, improve the rest.








Britons are just the funniest people…or at least that’s what top businessmen said in a survey about European humour.

Some 34 percent of respondents to the latest UPS Europe Business Monitor said the British have the sharpest wit, while only three percent backed German claims for the accolade.

Even in Germany, only one in ten executives said their countrymen cracked them up — compared with 47 percent who sided with Britain, the survey showed.

The poll of 1,450 executives in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain showed that most nationalities liked their local humour best. German, French and Dutch bosses were the exceptions.

Some 66 percent of Spanish backed their own wit, followed by 59 percent of British, and 58 percent of Italians.

Second-placed overall in the laughter probe was Italy with 18 percent of votes, followed by Spain with 15 percent.

Only one in four French respondents considered their home country to be the funniest, while 34 percent of them favoured Britain and 16 percent Belgium. None voted for Germany.

Germany also struggled to pick up points away from home — apart from three percent of British votes, and one percent apiece from the Netherlands and Italy, the country drew a blank.

Executives also voted on humour levels in Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and Austria, with the latter pair barely raising a smirk outside of Germany.